Standing Firm

The Northside North Shore Chamber of Commerce works to promote, connect and support the growth and success of Pittsburgh’s Northside businesses.

EECM is a nonprofit organization based in East Liberty with the mission of changing the lives of people facing the impacts of poverty. Through three core programs, it serves over 10,000 people annually. Its programs include a food pantry open five days a week, a community kitchen serving a daily, free lunch to the community, an emergency shelter, transitional post-rehab program, and employment support services, as well as children and youth programming focused on drug and violence prevention.

Trying Together supports high-quality care and education for young children by providing advocacy, community resources, and professional growth opportunities for the needs and rights of children, their families, and the individuals who interact with them. Trying Together works regionally (in Southwestern Pennsylvania) and takes its expertise and models to statewide and national audiences.

Kabeyia & Kompany LLC is a Professional Business Services firm, located in Squirrel Hill within the City of Pittsburgh and McKeesport. We provide Bookkeeping, Payroll, Tax Preparation/Consultation, Business Administration, Risk Management, Notary and DMV (PennDOT) Services. Our services are provided to a wide range of industries to include technology, insurance, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, trucking and much more. We tailor professional solutions that are perfect for self-employed, small business, non-profit and government clients to help streamline processes, improve  profits and meet internal/external regulatory requirements. Our diversified business solutions makes us ‘your preferred source for professional business and government services’.

Toyz Electronics is an Ed-tech company focused on building a more diverse workforce for the future. We have an App that empowers diverse and disadvantaged students to become the Superhero versions of themselves and get to select Universities like Carnegie Mellon and MIT or pathway to sustainable careers in creative, hardware, software, manufacturing, or entrepreneurship. It’s based on our Black Superhero Father and Son co-founder duo. Father Damola Idowu enrolled at Syracuse University at 16 studying Mechanical Engineering and Economics. Son Wole Idowu enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University at 15 studying Electrical and Computer Engineering. We are based at the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University.

The Stepping Stone Pathways is a non-profit organization that assists single parents in post-secondary education with a holistic two-generation approach. We are developing an affordable multi-family housing unit (for-profit) to house our corporate clients and students from The Stepping Stone Pathways so they can graduate on time.